Poll

Letters

When you sell your vote you sell your dignity. We have to remember the generations before us who fought so hard just for the right to vote and have our votes be counted.
And today, we are hearing that people in our neighborhoods are selling that hard-fought right for pocket change. What would our ancestors think?
What would our fathers, grandfathers and great-grandfathers – who braved lynchings, dogs and Jim Crowe tactics – think if they saw us today? Would you trade your vote for a mere $20? We are told that there are those among us who do.

Vicki Campbell’s letter, “Religious beliefs have no place in political views,” in the Sept. 19 edition of The Lancaster News was a blow to me as a Christian. Shame on you. As I understand the Bible, God declares that he forms a baby in the womb, (Jeremiah 1:5.) Psalm 139:13 says “For you created my inmost being; You knit me together in my mother’s womb.” That’s what separates abortion from other medical practices.

n Sunday, Sept. 23, I had an accident at the intersection of S.C. 200 and Shiloh Unity Road. I was driving with my 11-year-old daughter, 3-year-old son and 14-year-old nephew. The accident was clearly my fault, but thank goodness no one was hurt.

In the Sept. 19 edition of The Lancaster News there was a story about Andrual Ross being charged in a shooting at the Waffle House.
There was another story, “Shooting suspect out on bond,” where Ross was out on bond after he and five other people were arrested on several drug charges during a drug raid last year.
Why is it important to mention the names of those other people who were charged in that raid? Two of those people charged are no longer on Earth.

Meet you at the pole on Wednesday at Buford Middle School was a moving and humbling time. I, a deacon at Second Baptist Church, was humbled and proud of our students at the pole. The presence of the students, parents and staff warmed my heart knowing that we, as faith leaders, are teaching the next generation to love God, love people and live the mission of Christ.

Some of our Lancaster County Council members kicked the new proposed B3 zoning plan under the table, even lifted the B3 moratorium before it expired, then fired the head of the county planning department. If the plan would have been approved, we would only have gas stations located on corners instead of everywhere and anywhere.
Now, we may have five gas stations within one mile. The latest, Quick Mart, if all the hurdles are cleared, would be built on the location where Young’s Nursery sits.

As I was looking at the Sept. 21 edition of The Lancaster News, a sentence in Joanna Angle’s “Tree Talk” article on the black gum jumped out at me: “A member of the dogwood family, nyssa sylvatica is also commonly called black tupelo....”
While it is true that nyssa sylvatica or black gum is also called black tupelo; it is not in the dogwood family, but in the nyssaceae, or tupelo family.
Trees in the family cornaceae compose the dogwood family, which contains our common local dogwood, flowering dogwood or cornus florida.

I guess I am at the age when folks read the obits. In the Washington papers, there are usually photos of men and women who served in the military services during World War II.
It is especially interesting to note significant excerpts from their heroics, which as a child I followed on newspaper maps pinned to the back of our kitchen door.
Rarely do these survivors of World War II comment on their participation, especially that stuff from which heroes are made.

The Lancaster News should check facts before printing (columns). The guest column by Shannon Catoe, “New law compromises health care for everyone,” in the Sept. 19 edition of The Lancaster News was full of inaccuracies and incomplete statements.
Don’t use the excuse that it is on the opinion page. It is not listed as a letter to the editor, it is listed as a guest column.
Here are a few of the inaccuracies or misinformation:
1. 1.40 percent tax of high-benefit plans (this means you teachers)

I must respond to the letter written by Vicki Campbell, “Religious beliefs have no place in political views,” in the Sept. 19 edition of The Lancaster News.
Ms. Campbell, I beg to differ with your premise, but my purpose with this response is not to argue whether God and his people should just shut up when the government decides that killing children is OK.
My purpose of this letter goes far beyond the foolish argument that Christians need to keep their moral beliefs separate from how our nation is governed.